Living as a foreigner in Turku? Having problems in following day-to-day politics in the media? Wondering about the roots of this Northern society? And how did the River Aura look some hundreds of years ago? What happens in the archipelago?

The higher education institutions in Turku offer an intriguing lecture series:
From Sauna into Cities  –
  Aspects of Finnish Culture and Society

3.2.   The Development of Finnish National Identity
         Markku Jokisipilä, D. Soc.Sc., Researcher  (Contemporary History)

17.2.  Modern Finnish Design
          Ulla Seppälä-Kavén, MA, Senior Lecturer (Degree Programme in Design)

3.3.   Religions in Finland
         Tuomas Martikainen, PhD (Comparative Religion), Post-doc researcher

17.3.  Multicultural Finland from the Perspective of Labour Markets
          Elli Heikkilä, Adjunct Professor (Population Geography), Research Director

31.3.  Sustainable Development in Finland
          Jenni Koivisto, MSc (International Development and Management) Lecturer,
          Project Manager (Degree programme in Sustainable Development)

14.4. “Skärikvinnor”: 
          A documentary film about the lives of four women living in the outer 
          islands of the Åbo Archipelago
          Lotta Petronella, Filmmaker/Artist, (Chelsea College of Art, London)

28.4.  The History of Turku below Street Level 
          A guided tour of Aboa Vetus museum and into local history

The lectures are held on Wednesdays at 17.00-19.00 in the lecture hall μ (Myy) in the ICT-building. Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3, section C, first floor. WELCOME!

The lectures are open for everyone – just join in!

WELCOME!